NFL Balks at Supporting Health Law After GOP Senators Send Warning

The Obama administration's effort to draft athletes and sports leagues to promote health insurance to the uninsured is off to a rocky start.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters at the beginning of last week that the National Football League was "enthusiastically engaged" in talks to help promote health insurance. By the week's end, the NFL had contradicted that statement, saying it "currently (has) no plans to engage in this area" after receiving a public warning from...